Audie Murphy
Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1925 – May 28, 1971) was a fifth grade dropout from an extremely poor family who became the most decorated American soldier of World War II. After the war he became a celebrated movie star for over two decades, appearing in 44 films. He also found some success as a country music composer. Murphy became the most decorated United States soldier of the war during twenty-seven months in action in the European Theatre. He received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. and foreign medals and citations, including five from France and one from Belgium. Murphy's successful movie career included To Hell and Back (1955), based on his book of the same title (1949) . He died in a plane crash in 1971 and was interred, with full military honors, in Arlington National Cemetery.
Filmography (54 titles)
Audie Murphy, de Colmar à Hollywood
Himself (archives) · 2025
6.4MovieA Time for Dying
Jesse James · 1969
5.3Movie40 Guns to Apache Pass
Capt. Bruce Coburn · 1967
6.3MovieTrunk to Cairo
Mike Merrick · 1966
5.4MovieThe Texican
Jess Carlin · 1966
6.2MovieGunpoint
Chad Lucas · 1966
6.4MovieArizona Raiders
Clint Stewart · 1965
6.0MovieApache Rifles
Capt. Jeff Stanton · 1964
6.3MovieBullet for a Badman
Logan Keliher · 1964
6.4MovieThe Quick Gun
Clint Cooper · 1964
5.9MovieGunfight at Comanche Creek
Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner · 1963
6.1MovieShowdown
Chris Foster · 1963
5.9MovieSix Black Horses
Ben Lane · 1962
6.3MovieWar Is Hell
Narrator - Introduction · 1961
4.9MovieBattle at Bloody Beach
Craig Benson · 1961
5.8ShowWhispering Smith
Tom 'Whispering' Smith · 1961
6.2MoviePosse from Hell
Banner Cole · 1961
5.9MovieSeven Ways from Sundown
Seven Jones · 1960
6.2MovieThe Unforgiven
Cash Zachary · 1960
6.3MovieHell Bent for Leather
Clay Santell · 1960
6.8ShowStartime
Howard Wilton · 1959
6.6MovieCast a Long Shadow
Matt Brown · 1959
6.3MovieThe Wild and the Innocent
Yancey · 1959
6.6MovieNo Name on the Bullet
John Gant · 1959
6.4MovieRide a Crooked Trail
Joe Maybe · 1958
6.1MovieThe Gun Runners
Sam Martin · 1958
5.8MovieThe Quiet American
The American · 1958
6.2ShowSuspicion
Steve Gordon · 1957
6.5MovieNight Passage
The Utica Kid · 1957
6.5MovieJoe Butterfly
Pvt. Joe Woodley · 1957